About Platonic

I know the answer to this. You can’t. But it doesn’t mean I don’t think about it any less.

Steve, a friend of mine for many many years, has what I would consider a drinking problem. We grew up drinking together and he used to be a lot of fun. Then he started getting aggressive. He started being an asshole. He got kicked out of bars regularly and embarrassed me (and other friends) by the way he treated complete strangers, or even friends of mine that he didn’t know. When I moved away for a few years I didn’t have much contact with him, although the strong bond we’ve built over the years didn’t weaken at all. As circumstances would have it, I am now living with him in a different city than where we grew up.